Sunflower Framed Art - Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release Blog Hop Day 1

Good morning! Excited today to be joining in on Day 1 of an inspiring blog hop to celebrate the BRAND NEW Every Happiness release from Simon Says Stamp! Make sure to check out all the inspiration with this new release AND link up your creations as you receive your orders HERE in the Gallery created just for this release! And check out the graphic below to receive a FREE not-yet-released adorable Golden Sunflower stamp set FREE with any purchase from the Every Happiness Release products (will be automatically added to card!) through July 26, 2026 - while supplies last (offer ends at 11:59 PM EDT)!!!

Today I have a home decor project to share, instead of my usual card! I've been trying to stretch myself to make other projects, and I love how this one came out. Wouldn't it be a fun give to give someone to let them know you are thinking of them?

This project started off with one of the Tim Holtz Vignette Trays that I used to build my scene. I stamped out the adorable new Sunflower Meadow set using a mix of Butter, Zest, Honey, Artichoke, and Allspice inks, then die cut each image out with the coordinating dies. I tore the edge of a couple panels of Kraft cardstock at the perfect width to fit in the wooden tray, I built the scene outside the box, arranging my flowers on top of the first layer, then adding the next layer of ground over the top with foam adhesive. I wrapped some twine around a few times and tied in a bow, then adhered into my box with foam adhesive and liquid glue to make sure it dried and stayed stable, supporting the top portions with small pieces of more foam adhesive. I added a sentiment from Daisy Frame, and embellished with a good sprinkle of Rainbow Blossoms embellishment mix from a previous release. Here are more photos of the finished project, including a few showing it placed as home decor in my house:

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Simon Says Stamp will be giving a $25 gift certificate to their online store at each stop along the hop - so make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win! Winners will be announced next Wednesday on the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

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Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Barbara Tarayao

Laura Bassen

Amy Rysavy

Tina Smith

Nicky Meek

Heather Ruwe

Lisa Addesa

Miriam Prantner

Jean Doeringsfeld

Barb Engler

Laura Williams

Christine Okken

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Floral Arches Birthday Cards - Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release

Good morning! I have more inspiration to share with the BRAND NEW Every Happiness release from Simon Says Stamp - today a set of soft and dreamy floral birthday cards! I'm always a sucker for pretty arches, and adding stitching to this new set makes them even more amazing. Paired with lovely stamp layered florals?!? Perfection!

For these cards, I started by cutting a window in A2 panels of Starlight cardstock using one of the new A2 Stitched Arches dies. I stamped and layered up a few of the new Forest Forage in Summer set using Honey, Blush, Ballerina, Cookie, and Sprout inks to tuck into the arches. Before adhering them all together, I blended some Butter and Cheeky inks each on one cardbase to add a bit of color behind them. Then I tucked and arranged, adding liquid glue to adhere, and fluffing up each piece of foliage for tiny bits of dimension. The small sentiments are from that same set, and the larger birthday sentiment is from another new set - Daisy Frame - that has so many perfect sentiments in a stunning font! I finished off with a few coordinating Butter and Bubblegum Dazzling Gems. Here are more photos of these soft and pretty cards:

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Lovely Lemon Shaped Card - Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release

Good evening! I'm super excited for the gorgeous BRAND NEW Every Happiness release from Simon Says Stamp, and kicking it off with a soft and sweet shaped card! I adore lemons, and this stunning set that is part of the new release not only includes a stamp and die, but stencils for coloring! Could it get any better?!? And this design just felt meant for a shaped card design - I love how it came out!

I started off by stamping the image from Squeeze You in Latte ink, then leaving it lined up in my MISTI to restamp afterwards, I moved on to ink blending the image. I used Butter, Zest, and Honey for the lemons, and Spring, Dublin, and Lucky for the greenery. A bit of White Pigment ink was perfect for the inside of the lemon slice to soften it up, Cheeky for the flowers, and then some Cappuccino took care of the branch color. Once it was all ink blended, I put it back in my MISTI and restamped over with the same Latte ink. I thought about doing black ink, but I loved how soft it looked, so I decided to stick with this. Restamping helped crisp up all those details though! I created a shaped card with the previously released Chunky Scalloped Ovals from white cardstock paired with the new Chunky Ovals dies scored and adhered for the back of the card (scroll down a couple photos to see that), and also a panel of Cream cardstock for the front. I love how these dies work together! I added the images and stamped sentiment, tied a little white twine bow, some white gel pen accents, then embellished with a few Clear Dazzling Gems to finish it off! Here are more photos of all the details:

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Embossed Floral Encouragement Cards - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Today I've got a simple trio of encouragement cards featuring a beautiful embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp, as well as one of my favorite sentiment sets! Do you recognize those colors as well? Yep...I also used up some leftovers from THESE cards that I posted a couple days ago! I mean, when you have pretty leftovers sitting nearby, what's a girl to do?!?

I had 3 panels leftover that had been cut from some of Lawn Fawn Schoolyard cardstock pack with a Nested Stitched Rectangle die. I had been wanting to use the pretty Peony Trio embossing folder, so I centered each panel in the embossing folder and ran it through. The good part about doing this, is if you die cut AFTER embossing, you flatten out the embossed image. So this way I had the pretty stitched edge already on there, and also a nice deep embossed impression. I popped those up with foam adhesive on a white cardbase, added sentiments from Inside Greetings 1, and then wrapped around coordinating Prima Yarn to tie in a bow. I thought about gems, but these were just too perfect as they were to mess with them! Here is a closer look at each one:

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Summer Days - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Who else is having some hot weather in their neck of the woods? Summer has hit with full force here in the Pacific Northwest, and it definitely feels like summer. Yesterday I pulled out some supplies from Simon Says Stamp, and was clearly inspired by that feeling for the card I have to share today! 

As soon as I saw the Bring on the Sun set, I knew this swimsuit looked like the perfect image for some paper piecing with pattern paper! I grabbed some Simple Stories Color Me Happy pattern papers in small designs, and stamped and fussy cut each one out. I then glued them on the same image stamped on white cardstock. Once I had all 3 done, I used the coordinating die to cut each one out. I used another piece of the same pattern paper pad for the background of the card, then die cut a partial circle from white cardstock using the largest Stitched Circle die. This provided the perfect place to adhere my images, and a sentiment from the same set. I also added a few Trinity Bubble Blow Out embellishments, as well as a loop of Lawn Fawn white twine tied in a bow! Here is a closer look at this summery card:

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